Resources and Knowledge for the Small Business CEO

Being Comfortable In Your Company Working Environment

One thing that you have to do to run a successful business is to make sure that the idea of comfort is handled properly. Your employees need to be comfortable. Your clients need to be comfortable. Also, there are different kinds of happiness you need to look into. Physical comfort is one. Mental and emotional satisfaction is another. So you need to go through each one and ensure that you’re doing as much as possible to create the best environment in your workplace.

Several examples get you started looking in a direction to increase company productivity through proper comfort. Getting the right ergonomic furniture is a big deal. Making sure no one is worried about sexual harassment is vital. As the boss, you have some control over the climate and lighting in the office. And finally, you can also make some decisions that will help eliminate distractions from your workplace.

Ergonomics

If your employees have stiff necks, sore backs, or restless legs, you can end up with lowered productivity. Because of this, creating an ergonomic workplace should be one of your top priorities if you have people spending a lot of time working in your office space. You would be amazed at how quickly productivity increases if people are suddenly comfortable with where they sit.

Combating Sexual Harassment

Training people to eliminate workplace sexual harassment has become a hot topic in this past year. If people are not comfortable interacting with each other as employees because there is some physical tension in the air, then people aren’t going to work as hard as they can or should. The way men and women related to each other in the past is slowly changing and adapting to a more egalitarian viewpoint out of necessity.

Climate and Lighting Control

If you ever walked into an office that’s too hot, too cold, too bright, or too dim, then you recognize how stressful that can be. By creating an appropriate office climate by literally controlling heat and light, you are making an environment that can consistently help to improve employee productivity and client happiness if they ever walk through.

What To Do About Distractions

There is a relationship between distractions and comfort that is worth looking into as well. Some people are more comfortable if they’re not consistently getting distracted. Other people are more comfortable when they’re in an environment that allows for more distractions. So you have to take a mental snapshot of what your ideal situation would be for your employees as a whole. Then, you can begin to design the office space so that the comfort level and the distraction level balance out in a way that’s most productive for everyone in that workplace.